The Emotional Lives of Animals (revised): A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy — and Why They Matter

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New World Library, Apr 9, 2024 - Nature - 272 pages
A seminal exploration of animal emotion, sentience, and cognition, revised and expanded to incorporate a surge of new science

When award-winning scientist Marc Bekoff penned the first edition of this book in 2007, he predicted that over time our understanding of animal cognition and emotion would grow “richer, more accurate, and possibly different.” Since then, not only has the field seen an explosion of new and startling research, but the popular interest in the subject has grown as well, spawning countless podcasts, articles, and bestselling books.

Bekoff skillfully blends extraordinary stories of animal joy, empathy, grief, embarrassment, anger, and love with the latest scientific research confirming the existence of emotions that common sense and experience have long implied. Filled with light humor and compassion, The Emotional Lives of Animals is a clarion call for reassessing both how we view and how we treat animals.
 

Contents

Foreword by Jane Goodall
Cognitive Ethology Studying Animal Minds and Hearts
Beastly Passions What Animals Feel
Wild Justice Empathy and Fair Play
Addressing Uncertainty and Anthropomorphism
Ethical Choices Why Animal WellBeing Matters
Compassion and Justice for
Acknowledgments
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Marc Bekoff is professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has published more than thirty books and writes regularly for Psychology Today. Jane Goodall is a world-renowned conservationist and animal advocate.

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